• Compare prevalence rates of common comorbid conditions in employees diagnosed as having fibromyalgia (FM) or osteoarthritis (OA).• Identify trends in the use of medical care and prescription drugs by employees having FM or OA, as compared to control subjects.• Contrast total dollar costs and their components-medical costs, drug costs, and indirect costs of time lost from work-in employees with FM, those with OA, and control employees having neither of these disorders. ($10,199) approached OA costs ($10,861, P ϭ 0.3758) Med. 2008;50:13-24)
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